Over the past decade and more I have been reporting on India Fashion Week. In fact I had been doing it since the birth of India Fashion Week and have learnt that certain slots and ‘sponsored shows’ are for privileged ones. Designer Masaba Gupta seems to be one such privileged designer at the Wills Lifestyle […]
Does the first resident Desi Playmate – Sherlyn Chopra ever put on clothes??? Or is she living in some nudist colony? Anyway I just discovered a coffee mug-holder that Sherlyn Chopra should get patented and then make millions. I am amused at the strategic placement of the coffee mug by the ingenious Sherlyn Chopra. Wondering if […]
The India Bridal Fashion Week 2013, which was scheduled from 18th October till the 24th October 2013 at The Grand Hyatt is indefinitely postponed. Vijay Singh of Fashion One that hosts the annual bridal week is yet to announce the reason behind the sudden postponement. In 2013 India Bridal Fashion Week made its debut in […]
Genesis Luxury is one of the largest players of the luxury business in India and are the franchisee of multiple international luxury brands in India. L-Capital, the Private Equity (PE) arm of LVMH that had invested close to 40% in Genesis Luxury has demanded that its founder either buys out its 40 per cent stake or […]
As we celebrate Gandhi Jayanti today, I just thought of posting Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi’s style evolution from dapper well-constructed three-piece suits to draped ‘half-dhotis’ and a khadi wrap. The Mahatma’s style evolution symptomised the evolution of an Attorney to a Mahatma! These rare photographs of Mahatma Gandhi takes you through the evolution I highlight above. […]
For the uninitiated, in July this year Yash Raj Films (YRF) and the Delhi based Karol Bagh Saree House (KBSH) inked a deal to launch India’s first Bollywood inspired fashion label – Diva’ni -‘Where fashion romances Bollywood’. The label reflects the way Yash Chopra envisioned his heroines and brought out the DIVA in every woman he worked […]
The fashion glossy – Vogue has two of its editions – The Dutch and the French graced with topless models on the cover for the October 2013 issue. Vogue Netherlands got on the act with a photo spread featuring model Ymre Stiekema, 21, dressed in 17th century garments and posing in ways meant to evoke portraits by the Dutch painter […]
Lately World Press is lapping up the story of an NRI film-maker, Nisha Pahuja’s documentary – The World Before Her. The film shows contradictory realities confronting girls in India and is so myopic that it made The Guardian go with this headline: Women learning to kill or wear a bikini in India. You can see […]
As you all know that Bigg Boss is a licensed reality show conceptualised by Endemol as Big Brother globally. But when it comes to comparing Bigg Boss with its original avatar – Big Brother, the voyeuristic reality show is like Doodh-Bhaat! Big Brother cameras follow you everywhere, even in the showers. Bigg Boss is too […]